I came across this interesting criticism of a project to continually update a 1907 dictionary in a new online edition: More importantly, and this is my real issue, the online-only presence of The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology means that we lose Zeitgeist, an important historical insight that we won’t see for decades, perhaps centuries down the line. … …
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Everything changes but people
Over thousands of years we have learned that people never change but that our culture and circumstances – technology, buildings, tools, communications, transportation, etc. – change constantly. Yet when people make big plans (or worse, write big laws or found ambitious non-profits) they get things backwards: from their good intentions and future vision they extrapolate …
As you wish
Wikipedia, on The Princess Bride: In a Renaissance-era world a beautiful young woman named Buttercup lives on a farm in the country of Florin. She delights in verbally abusing the farm hand Westley, whom she refers to as “farm boy”, by demanding that he perform chores for her. Westley’s only answer is “As you wish”. …
Doing something vs. owning something
From an All Company email to Logos… Someone interviewing for a job recently asked me, “What’s the most important thing for being successful at Logos?” My answer: ownership. There’s a big difference between ‘doing something’ and ‘owning something.’ Doing things is very important, and very useful. When stuff gets done, we move ahead — products …
A fearless worldview
An email I sent to the whole company a month ago… It’s been a month of fantastic conversations for me. I had some great meetings and conversations here at Logos, then hit the road and had more great conversations with people in our industry, at churches, in other businesses, at a “Code for the Kingdom” …
Windows Live Writer: blogging help at last…
I’d never used any of the blog-posting software tools because they never seemed to work with our corporate blog configuration. I assumed there was something wrong with our multi-blog setup, so I didn’t spend much time on the problem. Then I met Joe, from the Windows Live Writer team, and found out that when you …
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Yet another blog…
I believe in blogging, and I want to do it well. Especially the raw, open blogging that makes some organizations transparent and approachable. I keep missing the mark, though. I don’t feel free at the Fire Someone Today Blog to get too specific about day-to-day issues at Logos Bible Software, and the Logos Bible Software …